REST IN PEACE: The base-stealing shortstop who helped Dodgers win 3 World Series titles has died at the age of 89. During his 14-year career, Maury Wills batted .281 with 2,134 hits and 586 stolen bases in 1,942 games. 🙏🏼💙
Wills died Monday night at home in Sedona, Arizona, the team said Tuesday after being informed by family members. No cause of death was given.
He was the National League Most Valuable Player in 1962, the same year he was MVP of the All-Star Game played in his hometown of Washington, D.C. "So we walk down there and baseball players have a sick sense of humor, because when I stood in front of the door, with my Dodger shirt and duffel bag, and the man opened the door and said, 'Anybody in here know this boy?' and they all looked at me and said, 'Never saw him before," Wills told The Washington Post in 2015."He still didn't believe me, he thought maybe I was carrying it for somebody," Wills told the Post.
Once, in a game against the New York Mets, Wills was on first base when pitcher Roger Craig threw 12 straight times to the bag. On Craig's next throw, Wills stole second.After retiring with the Dodgers in 1972, Wills worked an analyst at NBC for five years. He also managed winter ball in the Mexican Pacific League, winning a league championship in 1970-71.
Kunkel questioned the head groundskeeper, who admitted Wills had ordered the change. Wills said it was to help his players stay in the box. However, Martin suspected it was to give the Mariners an advantage against Oakland's breaking-ball pitchers. Wills was suspended for two games by the American League and fined $500.
"I'm standing here with the man who saved my life," Wills said of Newcombe. "He was a channel for God's love for me because he chased me all over Los Angeles trying to help me and I just couldn't understand that. But he persevered, he wouldn't give in and my life is wonderful today because of Don Newcombe."
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